योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-16, verse-2

काल उवाच ।
समङ्गातापसीमेतां तनुं संत्यज्य भार्गव ।
प्रविशेमां तनुं साधो नगरीमिव पार्थिवः ॥ २ ॥

kāla uvāca ,
samaṅgātāpasīmetāṃ tanuṃ saṃtyajya bhārgava ,
praviśemāṃ tanuṃ sādho nagarīmiva pārthivaḥ 2

2. kālaḥ uvāca samaṅgā-tāpasīm etām tanum saṃtyajya
bhārgava praviśa imām tanum sādho nagarīm iva pārthivaḥ

2. kālaḥ uvāca bhārgava sādho etām samaṅgā-tāpasīm tanum
saṃtyajya pārthivaḥ nagarīm iva imām tanum praviśa

2. Time said: O Bhārgava (son of Bhṛgu), O virtuous one, having completely abandoned this body of the female ascetic Samaṅgā, enter this [new] body, just as a king enters a city.

Words meanings summery:

• कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (kāla, personified). (time, destiny.)

• उवाच (uvāca) - He (Time) said. (he said, he spoke.)

• समङ्गा-तापसीम् (samaṅgā-tāpasīm) - Of the female ascetic named Samaṅgā. (of the female ascetic Samaṅgā.)

• एताम् (etām) - This (body of Samaṅgā). (this (feminine accusative singular).)

• तनुम् (tanum) - The body (of Samaṅgā). (body, form, person.)

• संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - Having completely abandoned (the body). (having completely abandoned, having given up, having renounced.)

• भार्गव (bhārgava) - O descendant of Bhṛgu (vocative, addressing Śukra). (descendant of Bhṛgu, relating to Bhṛgu.)

• प्रविश (praviśa) - Enter (the new body). (enter, go into.)

• इमाम् (imām) - This (new) body. (this (feminine accusative singular).)

• तनुम् (tanum) - This (new) body (to be entered). (body, form, person.)

• साधो (sādho) - O virtuous one (vocative, addressing Śukra). (O good one, O virtuous one, O saint.)

• नगरीम् (nagarīm) - A city (as an example for entry). (city, town.)

• इव (iva) - Just as. (like, as, as it were.)

• पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - A king (as the agent in the simile). (king, ruler, earthly.)

Words meanings and morphology

कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (kāla, personified). (time, destiny.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, fate, destiny; black.

उवाच (uvāca) - He (Time) said. (he said, he spoke.)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active indicative

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

समङ्गा-तापसीम् (samaṅgā-tāpasīm) - Of the female ascetic named Samaṅgā. (of the female ascetic Samaṅgā.)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samaṅgā-tāpasī

samaṅgā-tāpasī - the female ascetic Samaṅgā.

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samaṅgā+tāpasī)

• samaṅgā – well-limbed, beautiful-bodied; a proper name.
  proper noun (feminine)
• tāpasī – female ascetic, female devotee.
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of `tāpasa`. From `tapas` (asceticism).
  Root: tap

Note: Object of `saṃtyajya`.

एताम् (etām) - This (body of Samaṅgā). (this (feminine accusative singular).)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this here.

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with `tanum`.

तनुम् (tanum) - The body (of Samaṅgā). (body, form, person.)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, limb, form, person.

U-stem noun.

Root: tan

Note: Object of `saṃtyajya`.

संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - Having completely abandoned (the body). (having completely abandoned, having given up, having renounced.)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with prefix `sam-` and suffix `-ya`.

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

भार्गव (bhārgava) - O descendant of Bhṛgu (vocative, addressing Śukra). (descendant of Bhṛgu, relating to Bhṛgu.)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārgava

bhārgava - descendant of Bhṛgu; an epithet of Śukra, Paraśurāma, etc.

Derivative from `bhṛgu`.

प्रविश (praviśa) - Enter (the new body). (enter, go into.)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of viś

Imperative active

2nd person singular, imperative mood, active voice. Formed with prefix `pra-`.

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

इमाम् (imām) - This (new) body. (this (feminine accusative singular).)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here.

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with `tanum`.

तनुम् (tanum) - This (new) body (to be entered). (body, form, person.)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, limb, form, person.

U-stem noun.

Root: tan

Note: Object of `praviśa`.

साधो (sādho) - O virtuous one (vocative, addressing Śukra). (O good one, O virtuous one, O saint.)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, excellent, saintly person.

U-stem noun.

Root: sādh

नगरीम् (nagarīm) - A city (as an example for entry). (city, town.)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nagarī

nagarī - city, town.

Feminine form of `nagara`.

इव (iva) - Just as. (like, as, as it were.)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - A king (as the agent in the simile). (king, ruler, earthly.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, terrestrial; a king, ruler.

From `pṛthivī` (earth).

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